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How do you adapt in an uncertain world?: lessons from the Thames Estuary 2100 project

@inproceedings{Reeder2011HowDY,
  title={How do you adapt in an uncertain world?: lessons from the Thames Estuary 2100 project},
  author={Tim Reeder and Nicola Ranger},
  year={2011}
}
INTRODUCTION As the international debates on appropriate policy responses to climate change carry on, the climate continues to warm and the commitment to further longterm warming grows. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently pronounced that 2010 tied with 2005 as the warmest year globally since records began in the late 19 century. In December 2010, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released a report that concluded that even if nations meet the… 
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